Adoption Training

I am a freelance trainer and provide adoption training in a wide variety of settings and in many different areas. Over the past few years I have provided training in the following topics:

Professionals

Assessing for infertility and loss

Supporting black and minority ethnic adopted and fostered children with issues of attachment and race

Ambiguous Racial Identity

Pre placement training for adopters

Post placement blues

Prospective Adopters

Grief and loss in prospective adopters

Contact

Supporting black and minority ethnic adopted and fostered children with issues of attachment and race

Meeting your adopted child

Adoptive Parents

Telling children about adoption

Life story work

Identity, contact and telling

Adopted Adults

Life story work

Preparing for reunion

Reunion and beyond

Reunited – rejected

Anger, intimacy and relationships

I can be contacted for a discussion of your training needs and my day rates. Please call me on 020 8994 3580. If I am unavailable, please leave your details and I will return your call just as soon as I can.

News & Events

Ofsted Report is published

ASART’s most recent Ofsted Inspection report was published on 20th March 2015. Click here to read the full report.

The Ofsted report highlights

Outcomes for service users: Outstanding!

Users consistently report very good or exceptional outcomes.

Outcomes for young children are outstanding

Adults affected by adoption experience significant improvements in their emotional well-being and sense of self

Adoptive parents and their children experience significant improvements in their lives as a family

Children’s attachments to their parents become more secure and their behaviour is improving

Clients greatly value the flexible approach taken by ASART therapists

Clients feel positive about the changes they have been able to make in their lives

The quality of service: Outstanding!

ASART therapists are totally focussed on achieving positive outcomes for all who come to them who have been affected by adoption.

Overall effectiveness is judged to be GOOD!

The Adoption Support Fund – finding a therapist

ASART therapists are uniquely placed to provide adoption support for many families and work with local authorities to do so. If you are looking for adoption support, bring this website to the attention of your local authority who can get in touch with any of the ASART therapists to progress an adoption support plan.